to react
- verb
- /riˈækt/
- That means that our nervous system begins to react and say don't relax.
- react to change
- people react
- react differently
How did your parents react to it all?
- How did your parents react to it all?
- Expect them to react, but stand your ground now.
- Just how you guys react to these absurd answers.
- That means that our nervous system begins to react and say don't relax.
- And you don't engage and you don't react and you don't explain.
- How did your peers and family members react to your successes?
- These are things where people react non verbally.
- You couldn't react to it as a human.
- We know that plants are things that react to their environment, right?
- I believe that ITV, the way they've reacted, wanted to end that show.
Examples
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How did your parents react to it all?
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Research continues to uncover new facts about humans and how they react to illnesses and treatments.
Academic text (2011) -
How did your, I mean, how did your mom react when you told her?
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How are you going to react to me having done it?
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But boy did they react to what he had to say.
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How can I not react in that way to that?
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How did your peers and family members react to your successes?
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Accept how you feel, but don't react to how you feel.
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We are deeply and sincerely apologetic for the way our dear daughter has reacted to this situation.
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How did your parents react to the news of your promotion?
Synonyms
To say or do something as an answer to what someone says
Antonyms
How Intense
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word react comes from the parts re- meaning 'again' and act meaning 'do', the same root you see in action. So to react is to 'do' something in answer to what happens, in other words to respond.